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| A length of fabric covering a doorway |
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| A flat, hanging windo covering that forms pleats when the draw cord is pulled. |
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| A window covering with large gathers or bunches of fabric at the bottom. When the draw cord is pulled, the gathers become larger. |
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| A window covering that is shirred to create lengthwise bands of horizontal folds of fabric. |
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| A vertical pattern applied horizontally on a furnishing. |
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| Applying fabric so the lengthwise grain runs vertically |
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| Slightly matted sheets of cotton, wool, or other fibers used as padding. |
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| A fabric sewn inside drapes to provide additional structure to the treatment. |
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| The sound and feel of "crunch" particular to silk and other fabrics. |
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| Thin, sheer windo fabric hung behind drapes and close to the glass. |
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| An overhead fabric windo treatment that can be pleated, scalloped, shirred, or draped. |
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| A rigid overhead window treatment mounted over drapery headings for ornamentation and to conceal drapery fixtures. |
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| A fabric or trim ordered that is not current in a collection or one that is to be changed in color or design. |
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| A fabric or trim ordered that is a new product designed and colored for a particular client. |
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| A place of business that measures, cuts, sews, fabricates, and installs fabric treatments as directed by the interior designer. |
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| An overall design of usually narrow, undulating, or wiggly lines. |
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| Any fabric used in association with windows including curtains, drapes, and shades. |
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| Individuals who represent a fabric-producing company or a firm that sells several different collections. Agents travel to designated design stores to update samples and provide sales support. |
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| A showroom account that requires that products are paid for in advance of their being shipped. |
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| A showroom account where the designer or design firm has 30 days to pay for product. Products are shipped when ordered. |
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| A small, usually specialized showroom or store. |
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| A showroom sample that designers borrow for a period of usually 30 days or less to show clients initial fabric choices. |
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| Continuing Education Unit (CEU) |
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| Credit for courses, seminars, lectures, or other educational experiences approved by the educational component of an organization for content and quality. CEUs can be required for maintaining some certificates and licenses or used to extend the knowledge of the professional designer. |
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| Designated showroom areas where fabrics are displayed by attaching them to metal clips on movable, overhead arms that permit the wide lengths to hang freely (soft racks) or smaller samples that are attached to a firm mounting surface where fabrics can be stapled or pinned (hard racks). |
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| Cutting for Approval (CFA) |
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| A fabric sample cut from the same source from which the order will originate and presented to the client for review and comment. |
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| Brief written instructions given by a designer to the company that will ship the fabric order, instructing the receiver, such as a workroom, on how or where the fabric is to be handled or used. |
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| A mill that converts raw materials into finished products, where quality and production limits are controlled on all levels. |
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| A fabric sample cut from the source where an order will eventually be generated. |
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| A process in which yarns are punched through a woven or nonwoven backing material to form rows of tufts. |
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| Heavy handwover fabrics with decorative designs usually depicting historical scenes. |
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| A broad movement that includes concern for ecology, conservation,and the perservation of the environment. |
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| Raised carpet loops that are cut during manufacturning by wires or a reciprocating knife blade resulting in tufts. |
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| A large steam-pressured container for setting yarns. |
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| Carpeting that is produced by electrostatically spraying fibers onto an adhesive-coated backing. |
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| LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT (LEED) |
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| An organization that has developed a rating system to identify sustainable buildings and to promote integrated, "whole building" design while raising consumer awareness about sustainable building practices. |
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| A slight change in the color of plush carpeting due to the pile being slanted in opposing directions, causing light to rflect off the surface. |
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| Sample tufts in a wide range of colors used in custom designing custom carpet. |
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| A carpet of various weaves, woven on a loom 12 feet wide or more. |
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| Having the needles inserted by hand through woven or nonwoven material to create a carpet. |
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| SOUND TRANSMISSION CLASS (STC) |
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| Numerical value measuring the amount of sound that passes through walls. |
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| Plain, one-color cut pile produced without a jacquard mechanism. |
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| A process where pile yarns are embedded into a vinyl compound. |
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| IMPACT NOISE RATING (INR) |
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| Numerical value used to express the ability of floor covering to minimize sound. |
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| A jacquard carpet where tufts are formed between the warp ends by special spool-like devices that insert pile between the rows and through the loom mechanism. |
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| A durable low-level looped, tufted carpet usually having a pebbly texture. |
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| A soft, durable cut pile carpet with long pile, 1/4 of an inch to over 1/2 inch in length with more tip definition in the yarn ends than plush. |
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| The distance between two needle points expressed in fractions of an inch: 1/10 gauge means 10 needle points per inch. |
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| A change in carpet color due to airborne chemicals, fumes, or cleaning agents. |
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| A type of carpeting in which downward facing barbed needles are used to force yarn through backing material. When the needles are withdrawn, enough yarn is displaced to have the yarn adhere to the base or backing. |
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